John Freshwater is a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School in Ohio. A public school. He preaches his Christian beliefs in class. He teaches Creationism/Intelligent Design. He kept the Ten Commandments on the door of his classroom until he was finally forced to take it down. He failed to remove a Bible from his [Read More...]

You knew that when South Carolina decided to issue Christian license plates that read “I Believe” (similar to the failed Florida license plate design seen below), a lawsuit would be coming: The lawsuit has been filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. AU filed it on behalf of — get this — [Read More...]

I’ll admit I’m just swiping this from Dave Silverman‘s blog. But it’s worth reading Frank Zindler‘s letter in its entirety. It comes, I think, long after we needed to hear these words and the explanation for Ellen Johnson’s dismissal, but I’m glad he wrote them: In Service of the Cause of Reason Frank R. Zindler [Read More...]

50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God by Guy P. Harrison is a fantastic book for any new atheist — or for anyone standing on that border between theism and atheism. It’s not very philosophical, it’s not very theological, and it’s not over your head. Perhaps like many of you, when I first [Read More...]